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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44500
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

 **disclaimer: I'm not, in anyway, associated with the printfriendly company.**

I found the printfriendly plugin pretty useful and easy to implement. It is a small script you can add to your website and it displays a print (and an optional pdf/mail) button.

[https://www.printfriendly.com/about](https://www.printfriendly.com/about)

> **quote form their website:**   
> PrintFriendly cleans and formats web pages for perfect print experience. PrintFriendly removes ads, navigation and web page junk, so you save paper and ink when you print. It's free and easy to use. Perfect to use at home, the office, or whenever you need to print a web page.

I created a (quick and dirty, sorry for that) [test page](http://undefined.bplaced.net/testseite4/index.html) where I included this script:

Here we see the test page with the included printfriendly button:  
  
[![printfriendly button included](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sOYKj.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sOYKj.jpg)  
  
  
Here is the page setup dialog which appears after one clicked the print button. You are able to delete various parts of the page you want to print:  
  
[![printfriendly page setup](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PdX56.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PdX56.jpg)  
  
  
This is the output pdf generated by the script:  
  
[![printfriendly pdf result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TlT6K.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TlT6K.jpg)  
  
  
Of course, everybody should check if this works on his website and if all data protection stuff is okay for his needs.  
  
For me, the advantage of this solution is that you don't need to manage two versions of the content or mess around with more or less difficult CSS.  
  
A potential downside could be GDPR related issues in the free version. There is also a payed version which claims to be GDPR compliant.

Original score: 2